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The math is irrelevant
As reality doesn't enter their picture of the world, neither does the math matter.
Each country (yes, I know there are 195... that's the point) will just tax Google 4% of their annual revenue (not profit).
This will cause google to go bankrupt and out of business.
And as we all know, google *is* the internet, so that will shut it down, and people will go back to reading the newspaper every morning.
Problem solved.
/ in their dreams /
New Advertising Campaign from LockSmiths Union
When you get "Bricked Out", we get you Back In! And we can replace your locks on the spot!
I wonder...
... how much they charge to not use their service at all?
Hollywood Accounting at its finest
"Well, people are cutting cable because they don't want to pay $100 (or more) a month for 500 channels".
"Well, how about we only charge them $5 per month for each one of our 100 channels?"
"Yeah! That works!!! DO IT!"
First, get them to define
what they currently mean by "Journalist".
Dear Bob
When you realize that you are in the process of digging yourself into a hole, there are 2 approaches to consider.
1) STOP DIGGING
This is known as the "sensible" approach, and is recommended.
2) DIG HARDER, DIG FASTER, DIG DEEPER
This is known as the "Carreon" approach, and we request that you refrain from using it as we are nearly out of popcorn.
Thank you.
Wait a sec...
... are we saying the Federal COMMUNICATIONS commission doesn't know how internet COMMUNICATIONS works? Or how it is tracked? Or who watches the COMMUNICATIONS traffic?
Ironic or Moronic... not sure which is in play here..
I lose everything but my Harley
My RV has a hidden floor safe for valuables; my car has a hidden gun safe (and hidden NOS, but that doesn't count).
So does that make me a major criminal enterprise now?
But on the "good news" front, there are going to be a LOT of vehicles for sale at the next police auction...
Colorado Disagrees
Seems like making $500 Million taxing marijuana sales beats the hell out of spending $500 million incarcerating people.
Then again, it is easy to figure out.
Simple math here... 322 million US Citizens - 21 million work for federal/state/local government; therefore 301 million NSLs have been or will be issued as soon as they can be.
Guess Again
This is just creating an un-classified branch so we quit looking for the classified ones...
If you really think this hasn't existed from day one, you just don't understand the "Black Budget" and what it pays for.
Tell me again - what is the X37B used for?
Conflict of Interest (pun intended)
As many government agencies and programs are reliant on extra income from trust funds and major investments, it is not in their best interest to foster competition which might reduce profits thereby reducing stock gains and dividends. Keep profits up, keep "free money" flowing into their hidden agenda projects.
And it is only the proletariat who are getting screwed here, so it doesn't matter to those in power. Any way of getting more money out of us without it looking like a new tax...
I don't have "broadband"
Since it was defined as 25MB+, and the best I can get is 20MB bonded DSL.
This should drive a lot of innovation...
... in the Video Conference world. Lots of new software and hardware to eliminate the need to travel to the US...
Take stuff they have never read...
... you know.... The Constitution, The Bill Of Rights...
Ignoring Facts to make it worse
So, 80% of the cutters are doing so as it has gotten too expensive - response is to raise rates to keep Wall Street happy with Profits and Growth.
And that makes more people join the cutters who can't afford it...
And the rates are raised again to cover those losses...
This business plan won't work for long - but the charts will certainly have a pretty curve on them...Hyperbolic maybe?
And in related news...
... the innocence project is in need of about 2500 new lawyers to handle the influx of cases.
I agree - EVERY case these guys have EVER testified in is now suspect. Any case decided or swayed by their testimony should be overturned.
So we've uncovered massive fraud in Lab Testing and now lying by the very people sworn to uphold the law.
I'm putting away my TD popcorn and getting out the TD Scotch.
But it was just easier..
... to threaten leakers with espionage charges than to fix leaks...
Tom may be correct...
... if by "move them in the right direction" he meant "towards the exit"
Re: Re: Re:
now *that* would be funny - maybe hire one of our favorite "reputation management" trolls to file LOTS of DMCA and "libel orders" for them...take downs for CNN and BBC for reporting on them...take downs for CIA and NSA for gathering data on them...